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Tensile Strength Characteristics of Compacted Granite Soils with Variation of the Molding Moisture Contents (함수비 변화에 따른 다짐 화강토의 인장강도 특성)

  • Kim, Chan-Kee
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.49 no.4
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    • pp.63-70
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    • 2007
  • The soil samples used in this study were prepared with the residual granite soils passed through the #4 sieve and obtained from Pocheon in Gyeonggi-Ki do. Specifically, five types of samples were prepared. Sample A which is a natural state soil was classified as SM according to the uses. Samples of B, C, D, and E were prepared by mixing Sample A with bentonite and were classified as SC according to the uses. The plasticity indexes of samples B, C, D, and E were 15, 25, 30, and 40, respectively. The specimens, whose dimensions are 100mm by 127.5mm, were prepared by A method of ASTM D 698 with the Proctor mold. In experiments, the loading with the 1%/min was applied. Four different disk diameters, 13mm, 26mm, 38mm, and 52mm were used in the Improved Unconfined Penetration (IUP) tests. To compare the tensile strengths, the split tensile tests were also conducted on the same specimens used for the IUP tests. To find out the effects of moisture contents, plasticity Index of specimens on the tensile strength, six different water contents were used for making a specimen.

Geotechnical Properties of Muskeg Soil for Construction Machinery Distributed in Oil-sand Areas (캐나다 오일샌드 분포지역에서의 유체기계 주행성능 평가를 위한 지반공학적 특성 분석)

  • Hong, Seung-Seo;Kim, YoungSeok
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.29-32
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    • 2016
  • A series of laboratory tests were conducted to investigate the geotechnical engineering characteristics of muskeg soil for construction machinery widely distributed in cambridge region in Canada which makes problems in construction works. Physical characteristics of cambridge region muskeg soil were measured in terms of such categories as nature water content, organic content, specfic gravity, liquid limit, and plasticity index. As the test result, it was found that nature water content, organic content, specific gravity, liquid limit, plasticity index, and compression strength were 50.8~343.8%, 12.1~42.5%, 1.76~2.57, 46.6~440.2%, 25.6~280.5, $0.665{\sim}1.537kg/cm^2$, respectively.

Effect of microorganism on engineering properties of cohesive soils

  • Yasodian, Sheela Evangeline;Dutta, Rakesh Kumar;Mathew, Lea;Anima, T.M.;Seena, S.B.
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.135-150
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    • 2012
  • This paper presents the study of the effect of microorganism Bacillus pasteurii on the properties such as Atterbergs' limit and unconfined compressive strength of cohesive soils. The results of this study reveal that the liquid limit and plasticity index for all clay soils decreased and the unconfined compressive strength increased. Decrease in plasticity index is very high for Kuttanad clay followed by bentonite and laterite. The unconfined compressive strength increased for all the soils. The increase was high for Kuttanad soil and low for laterite soil. After 24 h of treatment the improvement in the soil properties is comparatively less. Besides the specific bacteria selected Bacillus pasteurii, other microorganisms may also be taking part in calcite precipitation thereby causing soil cementation. But the naturally present microorganisms alone cannot work on the calcite precipitation.

A Study of Consolidation property on Soft ground Using Piezocone (피에조콘을 이용한 연약지반의 압밀특성에 관한 연구)

  • 김봉문;박성재;정경환;김찬홍;이길환
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2002.03a
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    • pp.463-468
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    • 2002
  • Based on the results obtain from the investigation of Nak-Dong River District, it was classified as very thick, soft soil deposit. Furthermore, during the construction of structures large settlements are expected. Since large settlement affects the structures life, it is very important to accurately determine the consolidation of soil based on the obtained results. In this study piezocone test and laboratory test were performed to determine the consoildtion properties of Nak-Dong River District Pusan, Gyeong-Nam province. Degree of consoildation and the coefficient of consoildation obtained from the data of piezocone test and the results of the Oedometer test were compared and analyzed. Using the results the porewater pressure coefficient($B_q$) was obtained and the relationship with the Plasticity Index was also determined. From the results of this study the effects of the degree of consolidation and consolidation coefficient, and the porewater pressure coefficient and the Plasticity Index was determined.

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Size-dependent plastic buckling behavior of micro-beam structures by using conventional mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity

  • Darvishvand, Amer;Zajkani, Asghar
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.71 no.3
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    • pp.223-232
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    • 2019
  • Since the actuators with small- scale structures may be exposed to external reciprocal actions lead to create undesirable loads causing instability, the buckling behaviors of them are interested to make reliable or accurate actions. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to analyze plastic buckling behavior of the micro beam structures by adopting a Conventional Mechanism-based Strain Gradient plasticity (CMSG) theory. The effect of length scale on critical force is considered for three types of boundary conditions, i.e. the simply supported, cantilever and clamped - simply supported micro beams. For each case, the stability equations of the buckling are calculated to obtain related critical forces. The constitutive equation involves work hardening phenomenon through defining an index of multiple plastic hardening exponent. In addition, the Euler-Bernoulli hypothesis is used for kinematic of deflection. Corresponding to each length scale and index of the plastic work hardening, the critical forces are determined to compare them together.

Mechanical Characteristics of Dredged and Reclaimed Ground with Low Plasticity from Western Coastal Site (서해안 저소성 준설매립 지반의 역학적 특성)

  • Jeong, Sang Guk
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.97-104
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    • 2015
  • When carrying out design for soft ground improvement before reclamation of dredged soil, it is very important to appropriately evaluate design parameters such as compression index and undrained strength in order to estimate optimum construction cost. In this study, consolidation and strength parameters were estimated by the samples obtained from the similar reclaimed land. Water content and compression index of dredged soil reclaimed by hydraulic fill method were quite decreased in comparison with those of in-situ conditions at Incheon site. Relationships between compression index(Cc) and water content (wn), and between undrained strength (su) and water content (wn) for dredged soil were obtained by field vane test and oedometer test, respectively. Applicability of Schmertmann correction method (compression index) for low plasticity silty soil was discussed according to comparison with designed and measured settlements.

Engineering J-Integral Estimation for Internal Axial Surface Cracks in Cylinders (I) -Deformation Plasticity Based Estimation- (실린더에 존재하는 축방향 표면균열에 대한 공학적 J-적분식 (I) - 변형소성에 기초한 방법-)

  • Kim, Jin-Su;Kim, Yun-Jae;Park, Yeong-Jae;Kim, Yeong-Jin
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.26 no.8
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    • pp.1672-1679
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    • 2002
  • This paper provides an engineering J estimation equation for cylinders with finite internal axial surfacecracks under internal pressure. The proposed equation is the J estimation equation based on deformation plasticity using Ramberg-Osgood (R-O) materials. Based on detailed 3-D FE results using deformation plasticity, plastic influence functions for fully plastic J components are tabulated for practically interesting ranges of the mean radius-to-thickness ratio, the crack depth-to-length ratio, the crack depth-to-thickness ratio. the strain hardening index for the R-O material, and the location along the semi-elliptical crack front. Based on tabilated plastic influence functions, the J estimation equation along the crack front is proposed and validated for R-O materials. Good agreements between the FE results and the proposed J estimation provide confidence in the use of the proposed method to elastic-plastic fracture mechanics of pressurized piping.

A Study on the Engineering Characteristics of Yang-dong Organic Soils (영동지역 유기질토의 공학적 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Heung-Gyu;Koo, Je-Min
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.23-30
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    • 2001
  • A Series of laboratory tests were conducted to investigate the engineering characteristics for organic soil widely distributed in Yong-dong region which always makes problems in construction works. Physical characteristics of Yong-dong organic soil area were measured in terms of such categories as nature water content, organic content, specific gravity, liquid limit, and plasticity index. As a result, it was found that nature water content was $50.8^{\circ}-343.5%$, organic content 12.1-42.5%, specific gravity 1.76-2.71, liquid limit 46.6-440.2%, and plasticity index 9.2-557.2%. Also, as consolidation load increases, consolidation coefficient slightly decreases with small up and down. The ratio of secondary consolidation coefficient to compression index is 0.001-0.091 $C_a/C_c$, secondary coefficient tends to increase greatly when organic content is in the range of 11-22%.

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Ray Tracing of a Plastic Aspheric Lens by Considering Index Distribution Induced from Injection Molding (사출성형시 굴절율 변화를 고려하기 위한 플라스틱 비구면 렌즈의 광선추적기법)

  • Eom, Hye-Ju;Park, Keun
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.128-134
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    • 2009
  • The present study covers an integrated simulation method to evaluate optical performance of an aspheric plastic lens by connecting an injection molding analysis with a ray tracing simulation. Traditional ray tracing methods have based on the assumption that the optical properties of a lens are homogeneous throughout the entire volume. This assumption is to a certain extent unrealistic for injection-molded plastic lenses because material properties vary at every point due to the injection molding effects. To take into account the effects of the inhomogeneous optical properties of the molded lens, a numerical scheme is developed to calculate the distribution of refractive index induced from the injection molding process. This index distribution is then reflected onto CODE $V^{(R)}$ simulation and used to calculate ray paths in inhomogeneous media. The proposed tracing scheme is implemented on the tracing of an aspheric lens for a mobile phone camera module.